One of the Doolittle Raid B-25 bomber crews aboard USS Hornet shortly before the mission, Apr 1942

Caption     One of the Doolittle Raid B-25 bomber crews aboard USS Hornet shortly before the mission, Apr 1942 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Air Force
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Photo Size 2,785 x 2,210 pixels
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Photos on Same Day 5 Apr 1942
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Commenter identity confirmed David Stubblebine says:
31 Jul 2012 02:34:17 AM

This is Doolittle Crew #11 (11th to fly off Hornet). L to R they are: Lt Frank A Kappeler (Navigator), Capt Charles R Greening (Pilot), SSgt William L Birch (Bombardier), Lt Kenneth E Reddy (Co-Pilot), Sgt Melvin J Gardner (Engineer/Gunner). All survived the mission after parachuting into China. SSgt Gardner was killed in action two months later in China and Lt Reddy was killed in an aviation accident in Arkansas later in 1942; the other three survived the war.

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